A rival’s ‘dirty trick’ fired up this top agent’s record year
When rivals claimed pregnancy would end her career, Symone Gatt used the rumours as fuel - hiring an assistant, taking just two weeks of leave, and shattering her own sales records to land in the top ten.
Spring stock is rising fast – so is the risk of properties passing in
Cotality forecasts auction volumes climbing to about 1,700 a week by 20 September, even as this week's combined clearance rate sits well below last year's 69.3 per cent.
Your social audience is an extension of your CRM
Richard Lindley argues AI and automation can turn the combined social reach of a network's offices and agents…
When the pie gets smaller, you need a bigger slice
Tom Panos on the 90 days that decide 2027, and why the hardest part of this market is…
What 2,930 removalist jobs say about where NSW is losing residents
A1 Removalists Sydney's data shows 301 of 556 interstate moves left NSW for Queensland and Victoria, a pattern…
Vacancies climb to four-year high as renter instability persists
Rental stock improved in July for the first time in years, but new research shows tenant families – especially children – still face high turnover and financial strain in the private market.
The untapped engine of real estate – why property management is no longer the second cousin to sales
How Highland Property is reshaping its rent roll with scale, technology and a standalone approach to property management.
The 18-month lifespan: How to beat PM burnout
Amid rising legislative complexity and tribunal workloads, one principal explains the daily practices that keep her property management team well beyond the industry norm.
The professor problem: Fiona Blayney on who is actually teaching your people
In Track 02 of The Edit, Samantha McLean, Chris Hanley and Fiona Blayney examine the gap between managing people and developing them – and why…
Happy people do more, and they love doing it
Walk into a property management business that's firing and you can feel it before anyone speaks. The energy is up. People are moving. The phone…
The thought we all have, but dare not say out loud
Top of the Props 2026 finalists take aim at property industry’s biggest pressure points
The lease mistakes costing you repeat commercial clients
Harcourts' head of commercial argues the real test of a lease comes years later, and sets out five common mistakes agents should steer clients away…
The silent commission killer: why agents lose 60 days every year
Pancho Mehrotra unpacks the psychology of prospecting avoidance and how to rewire your habits for maximum output.
Freedom is the hardest thing young agents have to manage
Urban Real Estate's Trent Brewer says flexibility without daily discipline is what actually derails new…
Dr Fred Grosse in his own words
In 2014 I called a rabbi to help promote an event. He spent 30 minutes…
What really separates top agents in today’s market
Strip away the noise: why mastering communication, marketing, and negotiation beats every market shortcut
The behaviour you walk past is the behaviour you accept
Hannah Gill argues real estate culture is shaped less by strategy statements and more by…
Shorts
Buyers are asking AI before they ask you
Research shows 38% of Gen Z and 34% of Millennials now use AI platforms as…
Elite Agent launches Saved Articles, free for every reader
Have you ever found a headline interesting at a moment when you didn’t have time…
Proptech’s real problem isn’t the software, it’s the rollout
The biggest challenges facing Australia and New Zealand’s proptech sector are no longer technical. They…
San Francisco homes selling US$1m over asking amid AI boom
San Francisco’s housing market has flipped from a city people were leaving to one where…
The proptech push to finally unify your real estate tech stack
The modern real estate office has become a complex web of disconnected systems. What was…
The professor problem: Fiona Blayney on who is actually teaching your people
Hope is not a strategy: Chris Hanley on trust, truth and moving stock
How to Become the Answer AI Gives When Sellers Ask “Who’s the Best Agent?”
How AI-Powered DISC Profiling Can Win You More Listings
Stop Selling to Everyone: How AI Buyer Personas Can Transform Your Next Listing Presentation
The AI Edit Ep. 11: Your vendor isn’t online – here’s how AI can still help
PM/ONE 2026
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Fiona Blayney / PM/ONE
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Propertymark – Welsh National Conference
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